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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Happy 5th Birthday Roxy!
Roxy is 5 years old today! Yipee! Yay! She is becoming such a big girl now & outgrowing her green-ness! :D It will be strange correcting myself when talking about her age now. I am so used to telling people about my 4 year old mare. I took her to her first horse show ever last week at Brownland Farm. We went with Roxy's full brother, who is a year younger & also with another 4 year old named Syd. All 3 horses did amazingly well! We were all expecting to had fallen off the first time out! They handled the show like seasoned pros!
Roger said that I have been doing an amazing job with Roxy's training & she is progressing very quickly. I have put a lot of dressage training on her in the past few months. Her musculature is amazing now & she is very light & supple.
Roger said that I have been doing an amazing job with Roxy's training & she is progressing very quickly. I have put a lot of dressage training on her in the past few months. Her musculature is amazing now & she is very light & supple.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Pet Peeves- Part I
Since I have not started into my show season yet thanks to the monsoon we had the past few days, I thought I would post about something that really just grinds my gears! This is something that is so simple, yet most trainers are not teaching their students anymore. Ring etiquette!
- When you are going opposite directions from someone you should ALWAYS pass left shoulder to left shoulder. If you are unable to do this, then you should call out "inside" or "outside" to let the other riders know your intentions to avoid collisions!
- Don't crowd! You should leave AT LEAST one horse length between you & the horse in front of you to avoid getting kicked.
- Walk in the center of the ring, canter on the outside! If you walk or halt on the outside of the arena, you risk collisions.
- Longeing. You should always ask first if you can longe your horse in the arena...even if you have a calm horse. There are typically separate areas set aside where you are able to longe horses.
- Lessons will typically have the right of way in the arena. You can still ride, but listen to the lesson so that you will hear what they will be working on so that you can stay out of the way. Always be cautious around green riders, as they may have difficulties steering their horse. If someone is jumping, you can still ride around the outside, however it is a good idea to wait in a corner until they are through with that exercise.
- When you are jumping with a group in an arena, please make sure to call out your jumps. For example, "Heads up green!" "Heads up red oxer!" "Heads up outside line!" Call the jumps out before you start heading to them, and if jumping a line or course, call your next jump after you land the previous one. This will help to avoid collisions.
- If you are riding in an arena such as an indoor where people cannot see other riders coming in, it is a good idea to announce yourself. All you need to say is "Door" or "Coming in" or something along those lines.
- If you have a hot horse, a horse that kicks bites, etc... please let other riders around you know. Some people even tie a red ribbon on their horse's tail to warn people not to get too close to your horse.
That are all the main ones I can think of. Of course, there could be more, but as long as you learn these tips you will make everyone's experience around you much more pleasant!
- When you are going opposite directions from someone you should ALWAYS pass left shoulder to left shoulder. If you are unable to do this, then you should call out "inside" or "outside" to let the other riders know your intentions to avoid collisions!
- Don't crowd! You should leave AT LEAST one horse length between you & the horse in front of you to avoid getting kicked.
- Walk in the center of the ring, canter on the outside! If you walk or halt on the outside of the arena, you risk collisions.
- Longeing. You should always ask first if you can longe your horse in the arena...even if you have a calm horse. There are typically separate areas set aside where you are able to longe horses.
- Lessons will typically have the right of way in the arena. You can still ride, but listen to the lesson so that you will hear what they will be working on so that you can stay out of the way. Always be cautious around green riders, as they may have difficulties steering their horse. If someone is jumping, you can still ride around the outside, however it is a good idea to wait in a corner until they are through with that exercise.
- When you are jumping with a group in an arena, please make sure to call out your jumps. For example, "Heads up green!" "Heads up red oxer!" "Heads up outside line!" Call the jumps out before you start heading to them, and if jumping a line or course, call your next jump after you land the previous one. This will help to avoid collisions.
- If you are riding in an arena such as an indoor where people cannot see other riders coming in, it is a good idea to announce yourself. All you need to say is "Door" or "Coming in" or something along those lines.
- If you have a hot horse, a horse that kicks bites, etc... please let other riders around you know. Some people even tie a red ribbon on their horse's tail to warn people not to get too close to your horse.
That are all the main ones I can think of. Of course, there could be more, but as long as you learn these tips you will make everyone's experience around you much more pleasant!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
New Pics!
She loves it when I scratch her behind her ears!
Our best side!
Good girl!
Too bad this one is blurry!
Ha! Silly girl! She is eating hay while lying down!
It has been awhile since I have posted any updates on Roxy. She is doing amazingly well, and is so far along in her training! She learns extremely fast & takes very little correction. She does respond better to people with a confident & take-charge attitude. She seems to really take advantage of people with any sort of hesitation or who are a bit tentative. Most young horses are like that though. I have several friends who have young horses the same age Roxy, but she seems to be further along with her training.
We were supposed to go to our first schooling show this past weekend, but we had so much rain the past week that the arenas were flooded. I did not want Roxy's first experience to be a bad one, so I opted to wait until the next show. I will be starting her in the hunter classes (ugh) so I can teach her to jump with a nice & relaxed style. I will move her into the jumper classes, and I am hoping to get her into the Young Jumpers by the time she is 6. I would like to be jumping the Level 3's with her by the end of the year. I am also going to be taking her to some dressage shows.
We were supposed to go to our first schooling show this past weekend, but we had so much rain the past week that the arenas were flooded. I did not want Roxy's first experience to be a bad one, so I opted to wait until the next show. I will be starting her in the hunter classes (ugh) so I can teach her to jump with a nice & relaxed style. I will move her into the jumper classes, and I am hoping to get her into the Young Jumpers by the time she is 6. I would like to be jumping the Level 3's with her by the end of the year. I am also going to be taking her to some dressage shows.
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